Pakistan Under Siege : Extremism, Society, and the State Madiha Afzal.

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Afzal, Madiha

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: India.: Penguin Viking.: 2018.:Edition: First PublishedDescription: xv, 192.: 19cmISBN:

9780670090785

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DDC classification:

320.5095491 MAD

Contents:

A country of radicals? Not quite -- Bound to its narrative: the Pakistani state and terrorist groups -- Pakistan's legal Islamization -- An ideological education -- Islamists and madrassas -- An appraisal and a way forward -- Appendixes. A. The Objective Resolution ; B. Levels of education

Summary: Why is Pakistan a locus for extremism? What drives the attitudes of this complex, richly textured country of more than 200 million people? Using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, the author gives a multidimensional picture of Pakistan's relationship with extremism. -- from back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NUST/MCE Iqbal Library	320.5095491 MAD (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	01/08/2024	52993

Why is Pakistan a locus for extremism? What drives the attitudes of this complex, richly textured country of more than 200 million people? Using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, the author gives a multidimensional picture of Pakistan's relationship with extremism. -- from back cover.

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